Summary
Nicholas Sayre is an electrical and field engineer with 11 years' experience building and supporting advanced semiconductor and lithography systems across the US and Japan. He combines hands-on hardware design (PCB, DAQ, process tools) with software-driven metrology and automation—having authored Python tools that closed the loop between measurement and 3D lithography process control. Fluent in Japanese (JLPT N2) after self-study and immersion, he has worked in sales, research, and field roles that bridge technical engineering and customer-facing solutions. At startups he has taken concepts to product, leading inventory, vendor, and validation workflows for novel oceanic energy and sensing platforms. Comfortable in R&D environments, he has a track record of resolving first-of-a-kind system issues and translating complex technical materials between languages. Based in Tokyo, he pairs a semiconductor-grounded skillset with data science training to tackle instrument-scale engineering problems end-to-end.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Data Science & AI Bootcamp, Data Science & AI Bootcamp at Le Wagon
Japanese Language school, Japanese Language school at ARC東京日本語学校
Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering at Portland State University
Associate of Science (A.S.), Microelectronics Technology, Associate of Science (A.S.), Microelectronics Technology at Portland Community College